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Posted 1d ago
Energy Meters & Connections

new smart meter registering over 2 Kwh

We had a new smart meter installed two days ago. We also have an existing Solar system and a 13.5 kWh battery.Since the installation of the new smart meter, which registers over 2 kWh in usage a day, this equates to over 70 kWh over a 90-day period. Whereas our apps for our battery and solar show pretty much nothing being drawn from the grid at all, even the meter that was replaced was pretty clos ...

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Posted 2d ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

?Spam/scam/phishing emails

Hi, I've received two emails in the past couple of days, supposedly from AGL (the email addresses almost appear convincing) with the subject lines: "A final warning about closing your account"The email then had this to say:"In order to continue using your email, please verify your account. We do not want to block it, but we are fighting spammers. This verification is quick and mandatory.Your email ...

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Posted 3d ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Failed direct debit

Has anyone else had multiple attempts at setting up direct debit only to be sent an email after the bill was due saying "unauthorised transaction"? I've called AGL multiple times to discuss this and re-set direct debit up, the same thing keeps happening. Direct debit is meant to save time, not add to it!!! There is ample funds in the account and I've accepted the direct debit agreement so thought ...

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Posted 5d ago
Energy Solar, Batteries & Electrification

Renewable Energy at AGL

What percentage of AGL's energy supply comes from renewable energy sources? 

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Posted 5d ago
Energy Meters & Connections

electricity and gas meter abolishment

development 2 units, electricity and gas meter disconnection. Can I get the gas reconnection after 2 new units completion?

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Posted 5d ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Adding another property

Can anyone tell me how to add another property in to my account? Appreciate if you can give me the step guide for it.

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Posted 1w ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Terminating Bill Smoothing

At the moment, I am in credit over $1,500 with AGL and have decided to cease bill smoothing and return to  regular as my preferred way to run down my credit  I had investigated other options - such as reducing my monthly Bill Smoothing payments but they will only be reduced by 10%.  It is quite difficult to terminate bill smoothing - you cannot do it yourself - despite the website suggesting that ...

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Posted 1w ago
Energy Meters & Connections

Turning off electricity before connection

Hi, We are moving into a new property in a couple of weeks. We have been given different advice on turning the electrical power supply off from AGL. The electrical box at the new property has 4 labelled switches (power, lights and safety switch)  It also has a red switch that is not labelled (possibly the smart meter switch? However when we do turn this off the digital display on the meter is stil ...

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Posted 1w ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Bill assisstance

I have successfully set up a payment plan for my gas bill - paying instalments fortnightly until current bill is payed.Why can’t I do this for my electricity bill??

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Posted 1w ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

02 8229 5702

I got a call from 02 8229 5702 claiming to be AGL and to check my Plan, I didn't answer any questions they "checked" and said I was on the best plans. Is this a scam or really from AGL.

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Posted 1mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Velocity Bonus Points

Hi, I signed up to AGL on the 29/6/24. There was a Velocity bonus points offer if I signed-up before the 30/6/24 where I would receive 20K points for electricity and 10K for Gas. However, I've only been credited 10K for electricity and 5K for Gas?! 

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Posted 7mo ago
Energy Energy - General

2024 Government Rebate Refund

It is current AGL policy not to refund a government rebate to the consumer. Can AGL advise if the two rebates (QLD and Federal)  announced for 2024/25 are to be retained by AGL or will the consumer (for whom the rebate was intended) be allowed to claim this amount if their account balance is regularly in credit due to efficient use of solar. 

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Posted 7mo ago
Energy Solar, Batteries & Electrification

Refund of Account Balance

I have received this text from AGL today. "This is the AGL team, we have applied the Queensland government's Cost of Living Rebate to your account. It will appear on your next bill after July 1, 2024, as 'QLD Govt Cost of Living Rebate'. This rebate is non-refundable and will be applied to any outstanding or future electricity bills." I have solar and my account is usually in credit so this money ...

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Posted 7mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Seniors Saver Plan

Why am I unable to find any reference to the Seniors Saver plan rates when looking to compare plans on the AGL site?My last electricity account suggested I could save money by switching from my current AGL Solar Savers plan, but I want to see the details. Calling the 131 245 number only resulted in me being texted a link to compare plan rates but that didn't seem to include any reference to Senior ...

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Posted 3w ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Time of day tariffs

My new rates table that will come into force on May 13th this year shows a Low Season Demand rate of 0.00000 between 2pm and 8pm on working week days during 2 x 2month periods during the year. Does this really mean that I will not be charged anything for power during these times?

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Posted 3mo ago
Energy Managing Your Energy

Poor Feed-in

I regret spending money buying 17 solar panels as I save almost nothing from them. Now in June I save about 15c per week and during the warm weather, ie February I earned up to $6 a week.The panels are installed on the 2-story end of my home but regrettably, the installer didn't place the panels further along over the lower part of the home and over the garage instead of where 2 eucalypts growing ...

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Posted 2mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Night Saver EV Plan Charge Error - Refund Required

Our account is a Night Saver EV Plan, so there should be an 8c rate between midnight and 6am.That's how it worked when we were on the general rates, but we switched to time of use (no PLAN change) from 20 November.  The night saver rates have not been applied since that switch.  I now realise that I can use the app to infer the effective hourly rates being applied, and I can see that the correct r ...

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Posted 3mo ago
Energy Solar, Batteries & Electrification

Tesla Powerwall 2 not charging or discharging

My AGL supplied Powerwall 2 participates in the AGL VPP. Last week the Powerwall stopped charging and discharging. All data is normal on the app. I went through the Tesla manual procedure by resetting and shutting down and restarting. The AGL people asked me repeat this whilst on the phone to no avail. They said I need Tesla assistance that they would arrange. I have been waiting for a week and no ...

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Posted 6mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Bill for power arrived and does not match the Phone APP!

Bill for power arrived and does not match the Phone APP!WHAT IS GOING ON?  If I hide bill breakdown then I see one figure. If I open the breakdown I see another figure. Open PDF see another figure.    Who are these programmers who dont check their work and still have a job!  This seems a big stuff up to me and increases stress levels where there should be none, there is enough on how to pay bills! ...

10 Replies 2K+ Views
Posted 8mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Energy Rebate

When will the promised energy bill assistance materialise? I’ve just received my electric bill for May/Aug with no reduction. 

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Posted 2mo ago
Energy Energy - General

Victorian Government Emergency Backstop Program.

The following response from AGL was received following a complaint from me (via Solar Run Bendigo) that the Victorian Government Emergency Backstop program introduced in October 2024 may be responsible for my new Solar Panel installation being remotely shut down resulting in no Solar Panel generated power being sent to my home or sold to the Electricity grid: QUOTE from AGL:I have received a respo ...

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Posted 2mo ago
Energy Meters & Connections

Controlled load cost during solar production

"In New South Wales, from 1 July 2024 Ausgrid has both overnight and daytime operating windows as standard for controlled load 1 tariffs. An overnight-only option is no longer available. We’re adding a daytime operating window for our customers who have a Controlled Load 1 tariff in line with the available timings that Ausgrid has set."Below is a sample of my AGL meter data for this 30min period t ...

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Posted 2mo ago
Energy Solar, Batteries & Electrification

Solar curtailment / backstop

..Looking into power suppliers in each state, and curtailment (backstop) of solar generation, I found some very interesting info here on our (South Australian) supplier SAPN website . . . https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/your-power/quality-reliability/solar-curtailment-for-minimum-system-demand-events/  In particular, it was interesting to note from that page, if ever AEMO orders SAPN to stabili ...

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Posted 2mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Will I get $100 credit if the plan is changed straight away?

I am hoping to get the $100 promo credit by signing up to the netflix plan and hoping to change it to the EV plan as I was told the EV plan is not included in the $100 promo. Upon contacting them, I was advised to sign up to a normal plan and change it to the EV plan. But I don't want to stay on the normal plan until the credit is applied as it will cost more to charge my EV. Has anyone actually d ...

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Posted 4mo ago
Energy Managing Your Energy

Data from the powerbox to a screen in the kitchen

Hi GuysWouldn't it be great to have accurate data on the use of energy immediately, not a day or two days late. You could do this via wifi, which is on my powerbox, directly to a screen in the kitchen

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Posted 5mo ago
Energy Solar, Batteries & Electrification

E-Homes for Solar Panel Installation

AGL recommended E-Homes as their partner for installing the solar system. I can't find any reviews for this company. Has anyone used this company before?  

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Posted 5mo ago
Energy Energy Accounts & Plans

Bill smoothing payment way too high.

My bill smoothing payment started at $300 a fortnight, but then we were accumulating an additional balance because the payment was too low. The bill smoothing payment then updated to $694 a fortnight which is crazy unaffordable.   i submitted a complaint, but the response was a copy of my statement of account sent to me. Not helpful at all.   My last three monthly bills were $598, $756, $725. I wo ...

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Posted 6mo ago
Energy Meters & Connections

new meter from intellihub

intellihub is installing a new meter in my place at postcode 4551. trouble is we are 2 units and each have a different energy provider. How can they do one without the other? Thanks.

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Posted 7mo ago
Energy Meters & Connections

Gas meter connected to the wrong unit

My gas account was keep linking to wrong gas meters after I ask the AGL staff to fix the issue multiple times I talked with AGL staff via app online chat and explained issue. They always help me to reconnect the service. But the connected meter is still wrong. They said it was because the previous tenant used Sumo Energy passed the wrong information to them and they were not responsible for it.I h ...

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Posted 7mo ago
Energy Energy - General

UltraMaxXX HW

Well we have just had abit of a shock with our latest 90 day Gas Bill.UltraMaxXX HW readings. Direct Debit Dates shownSept 23 usage 80 unitsDec 23 usage 110 unitsMarch 24 usage 145 unitsJune 24 usage 9.92 units (Estimate)Meter checked by tech.Sep 24 usage 8953.97 units. I could go back further to show our usage (We have lived in this 2 bed apt for sometime now).Now considering that our habits have ...

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